Hurricane watch

[UndercoverElephant]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20 ... eme-storms

The behaviour of the world's most powerful storms is evolving. To adapt to more destructive hurricanes, we need to know how they're changing.

[adam2]

Japan is suffering from the "worst typhoon for decades" Typhoons are a regular event in Japan, but this one is extreme.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c80eje2r20rt

[Potemkin Villager]

Wow SERIOUSwould not want to be anywhere near winds gusting 157 mph!

[adam2]

Hurricane Helene in the USA is now reported as the worst since Katrina.
Over 200 lives lost, with hundreds more missing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k70rnrp4xo

Black mountain and Ashville in North Carolina are badly affected. both places feature in the doomer novel "one second after"

[UndercoverElephant]

Hurricane Kirk now heading straight for the UK. Won't be a hurricane by the time it reaches us next week (Wednesday?) but it according to the BBC weather for the week ahead it will be a direct hit and bring a lot of rain with it.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 23114.html

[kenneal - lagger]

Hurricane Kirk now heading straight for the UK. Won't be a hurricane by the time it reaches us next week (Wednesday?) but it according to the BBC weather for the week ahead it will be a direct hit and bring a lot of rain with it.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 23114.html

Don't you mean a lot more rain!! It will water in my Japanese onions nicely, I hope

[clv101]

180mph now observed for hurricane Milton, putting it in the top 10 Atlantic storms in history - just 24 hrs ago it was barely a hurricane.

The forecast track takes it straight into Tampa Bay, with around 100 miles of coastline likely to see 12ft, 3.7m of storm surge. Some 3 million people live in the Tampa Bay area.

This storm, making landfall, Wednesday night, could be as impactful as Katrina.

[adam2]

Added link re above hurricane. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl8e084r9yo

How many increasingly serious hurricanes will it take before the majority of Americans start to believe in man made global warming ?
Or are hurricanes still the wrath of god, for permitting abortion, or even talking about so doing.

[adam2]

Hurricane shelters have saved many lives and are increasingly popular. In my view a hurricane shelter to an approved standard should be a legal requirement for all new homes in at risk areas and should be recommended for existing homes.
Here is one popular style [url]https://www.safesheds.com/family-shelters.This is an advert, but posted with a clean conscience as they do not sell them in the uk. Other shelters exist.

Looks like a garden shed, but is designed to withstand a cat 5 hurricane. Factory made out of reinforced concrete and delivered ready to use. weighs six tons.

[mr brightside]

Looking at the anchoring page, you need some right tackle to strap it down, and a bloke with a goatee beard.